Some Moraga residents will soon pay more to see the light at night. According to Town staff, residents that benefit from public streetlights currently pay an average of $16 a year, an amount unchanged in 20 years; the Town has subsidized the lighting from its General Fund. An election was conducted as a mail-in ballot (per Prop 218, which regulates votes on special benefits assessment districts). All residents who have lights on their streets and are not living on main arteries received a yay or nay question regarding the funding of the lights. 4,155 ballots were mailed (1 ballot per house located on a street that benefits from public lighting) and 2,542 were returned (about 61%). 57% percent of the weighted returned ballots approved the increase; the results will be certified at the June 9th Council meeting. The proposed new assessment cost is $58 per home.
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